CONTENTS ^ 15 



Page 



Construction of Fireless Brooder 445 



Brooding on a Large Scale 450 



Rearing Commercial Chicks 456 



Shipping the Baby Chicks 457 



CHAPTER XXV 



Marketing Eggs 459 



Car Lot Shipment of Eggs 470 



How to Load Cars of Eggs 470 



Route of the Egg from the Producer to the Consumer 474 



Refrigeration . 476 



Factors Affecting Cost of Marketing 477 



Construction of Storage Houses 479 



Egg Cases and Fillers 480 



Collecting of Eggs on Cream Routes 481 



Co-operative Marketing 482 



Organizing an Egg Circle 483 



How to Candle Eggs 493 



Student's Laboratorj'- Chart 494 



Student's Candling Test 496 



Judging Eggs 498 



CHAPTER XXVI 



Castration of the Bird (Caponizing) 504 



Spaying the Hen 510 



CHAPTER XXVII 



Preparing Birds for the Show-room 511 



Rearing Show Birds 514 



CHAPTER XXVIII 



The Construction op Poultry House Equipment 516 



The Construction of a Dry Mash Hopper .516 



The Construction of a Trap-nest 517 



The Construction of Storage Feed Bin 521 



The Construction of Dropping Box 522 



The Construction of Combination Sitting and Brooding Coop 522 



Record Cards 525 



Poultry Accountant Work 529 



Index 557 



